Study Desk

Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, "Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury;

As He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, "Teacher, behold what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!"

"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

"The one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;

and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

"And then He will send forth the angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.

"It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.

While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head.

On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was being sacrificed, His disciples said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?"

And He sent two of His disciples and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him;

They came to a place named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, "Sit here until I have prayed."

But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they seized him.

Tearing his clothes, the high priest said, "What further need do we have of witnesses?

They kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him.

After they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they led Him out to crucify Him.

They pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross.

And they crucified Him, and divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots for them to decide what each man should take.

They crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left.

And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last.